Wirtschaft und Konsum

Understand economic news, discuss consumer behaviour, and use subjective modal verbs.

Module 2 of German B2 · about 100 minutes · 14 new words.

Lessons in this module

• Vocabulary — Flashcards with spaced repetition
• Grammar — Rules, tables and guided drills
• Reading — Texts with comprehension questions
• Listening — Listen, transcribe, understand
• Writing — Guided tasks with instant feedback
• Speaking — Say it, hear it, get a score
• Conversation — Real conversations, line by line
• Module quiz — Check what this module taught

Grammar in this module

• Subjective use of modal verbs (speculation) — Modal verbs can express how likely a speaker thinks something is, not just ability or obligation.
• Nominal prepositions and formal connectors — Business and news German favours compact prepositional phrases over full clauses: aufgrund, angesichts, hinsichtlich, infolge.

Vocabulary you will meet

die Wirtschaft · der Konsum · die Inflation · die Konkurrenz · der Verbraucher · die Nachfrage · das Angebot · die Schulden · investieren · der Umsatz and 4 more. Every word is stored with its article and an example sentence, then scheduled for review by spaced repetition.

Reading: Der bewusste Konsument. Conversation: Diskussion über Konsumverhalten.

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